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  2. Mariana (poem) - Wikipedia

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    Tennyson's version is set in Lincolnshire, not Vienna as in the Shakespeare play. This makes the characters completely English. Additionally, the scene within the poem does not have any of the original context but the two works are connected in imagery with the idea of a dull life and a dejected female named Mariana. [14]

  3. Arjuna - Wikipedia

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    According to Monier Monier-Williams, the word Arjuna means white, clear or silver. [2] But Arjuna is known by many other names, such as: [3] [4] Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय) – one who conquered wealth and gold

  4. List of fasts undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi - Wikipedia

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    Striking mill workers in Ahmedabad were dejected and losing hope of getting their needed raise. Gandhi announced an indefinite fast until it was resolved. Mill workers agreed to stay on strike. Mill workers and owners agreed to arbitration; the workers got their raise. [7] 5 1919 (14-17 Apr)

  5. British slang - Wikipedia

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    A dejected or mopey state. Widely used in the North and Midlands of England. [202] mare Woman (derogatory). [203] mark A suitable victim for a con or swindle. [204] matelot Sailor (from the French). [205] meat and two veg

  6. Oregon quarterback Bo Nix dejected after loss in Pac-12 ... - AOL

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    Oregon quarterback Bo Nix couldn’t move, sitting in shock, slumped in distraught for several minutes with a towel over his head after his Ducks lost 34-31 to Washington in the Pac 12 ...

  7. Struldbrugg - Wikipedia

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    He said "they commonly acted like mortals till about thirty years old; after which, by degrees, they grew melancholy and dejected, increasing in both till they came to fourscore. This he learned from their own confession; for otherwise, there not being above two or three of that species born in an age, they were too few to form a general ...

  8. Sloth (deadly sin) - Wikipedia

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    Acedia in The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things, by Hieronymus Bosch.. Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins in Catholic teachings. It is the most difficult sin to define and credit as sin, since it refers to an assortment of ideas, dating from antiquity and including mental, spiritual, pathological, and conditional states. [1]

  9. Hashem - Wikipedia

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    Biblical text on a synagogue in Holešov, Czech Republic: "Hashem (ה׳ ‎) kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up." (1 Samuel 2:6) Sign near the site of the Safed massacre, reading הי״ד ‎ (H.Y.D., abbreviation of הַשֵּׁם יִקּוֹם דָּמָם ‎ Hashem yikkom damam, "may Hashem avenge their blood").